#8 – Charlie Jungheim: From Meditation to Mars

Charlie Jungheim (aka Hermes of Reason) makes really cool videos about Critical Rationalism following the works of Karl Popper and David Deutsch. He’s a musician and comedian. In a fun and wide-ranging conversation, we talk about mixing comedy with intellectual stuff, our lives being transformed by the works of David Deutsch, how meditation links to epistemology, then Mars and more! TIMESTAMPS 0:45 - Charlie’s INCREDIBLE content around critical rationalism (comedy mixed with intellectual stuff) 6:17 - Most intellectual heroes are dead. Ours isn’t. 11:55 - Deep ideas can take a while to penetrate (plus isn’t “being a Deutschian” ironic?) 18:33 - Things David Deutsch changed Charlie’s mind about (plus “your problem is the biggest problem in the world”) 24:50 - Linking meditation and epistemology, and Mars 38:25 - Barriers to creativity and productive constraints 48:25 - The meaning of life CHARLIE’S LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/hermesofreason YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCrUxqE3ThHrmLYsuM9fLQ ARJUN’S LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/arjunkhemani Blog: https://arjunkhemani.com Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/arjunkhemani

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